Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Because of Covid-19, I’ll be running the 26.2 mile virtual race in my local area of ...

The learning disability support charity Mencap has revealed that it’s been flooded with donations since the most recent season of The Traitors came to an end. On Friday night, the finale of the ...

Just 30% of people would feel comfortable sitting next to someone with a mild learning disability, new research has revealed. As part of their Here I Am campaign, Mencap has released their results of ...

A campaign to see everyone in the UK with a disability vaccinated as a priority is being backed by Carlisle Mencap and its national parent charity. The call from Mencap has been prompted by the ...

Doctors and nurses are discriminating against people with learning disabilities, a charity said today. A survey for Mencap found health professionals had witnessed discrimination by their colleagues, ...

Responding to the news that the Government is cutting benefit entitlement, implement mandatory work placements and increasing sanctions on disabled people, Dan Scorer, Head of Policy and Public ...

Mencap, the learning disability charity, and Inclusive Employers have issued a lobbying pack, allowing employees across the country to challenge their employer to adopt a more diverse recruitment ...

Mencap - a charity organization claimed today that 74 NHS patients with learning disabilities have needlessly died in the last decade because of discrimination. It accused the health system of failing ...

As prices continue to rise ahead of autumn, learning disability charity Mencap is asking the government to step up support for the 1.5 million people with a learning disability living in the UK. The ...

Below is an extract from the new book All About Us! The story of people with a learning disability and Mencap. The book is compiled by Mencap president Brian Rix. The text below is by Mencap chief ...

Many employers are nervous about how customers and staff will interact with people with learning disabilities The government wants more people with disabilities working. In a recent speech, the work ...

The big event will not take place this year but Mencap, the London Marathon’s charity of the year, hopes the virtual race will still raise awareness of what people with a learning disability can ...